Rope-fastening device.



No. 645,l00. Patented Mar. l3, I900.

F. P. HOWARD.

' ROPE FASTENING DEVICE.

(Applicafiion filed Nov 17, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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FRANK P. HOWARD, 'OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.

ROPE-FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,100, dated March '13, 1900.

Application filed November 17, 1899. Serial No. 737,823. (No model.)

T 0 (til whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK P. HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sherman, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Rope- Fastening Device, of which the following is and clamp the same and without damage thereto.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rope-clamp, showing the initial position of the rope in the application of the device. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the clamp secured to the rope. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the wire which is wrapped upon the rope.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I 1 designates a snap-hook having a springfew inches of the opposite end 6 remains at the forward side of the device. A soft, preferably copper, wire 7, as best shown in Fig. 3, is then applied to the projecting end of the rope in the following manner: One end of the wire is bent at substantially right angles thereto and formed into a pointed prong 8, which is driven transversely through the rope at a suitable distance from the adjacent extremity thereof and upset against the opposite side of the rope, as indicated at 9. The remaining portion of the wire is then wrapped tightly upon the rope and toward the adja cent extremity thereof, so as to form a spiral comprising the plurality of coils 10, which firmly embrace the rope. After the wire has been'thus wrapped upon the end of the rope the latter is drawn into the tapering bore of the socket, whereby the several coils bind upon the interior walls of the socket and are forced into the rope, thereby wedging the latter within the socket and forming a tight 7 and durable connection therewith. It will be noted that any strain upon the rope merely binds the socket more firmly thereon, and the wire spiral protects the rope against damage by frictional contact with the walls of the socket. Y

13y reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the outer or smaller end of the metallic socket is beveled inwardly, as indicated at 11, so as to protect the rope against damage by engagement with this end of the socket during lateral movement thereof.

What is claimed is- 1. A ropefastening device, comprising a metallic socket, having a tapering bore, and a rope received within the bore, and provided with a wrapping of wire, the latter adapted to bind against the walls of the bore and also protect'the rope.

2. A rope-fastening device, comprising a metallic tubular socket, having a tapering bore, a rope received within the bore, and a wire, having one end formed into a prong, which is driven through the rope, and the remaining portion of the wire being formed into a spiral, to tightly embrace the rope and bind upon the walls of the bore.

3. The combination with a snap-hook, of a my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK .P. HOWARD.

,Witnesses:

J. W. SIMPSON, J. T. BROWN. 

